WMD: Looks like an Iraqi scientist has said Iraq had chemical weapons et al. and destroyed them just before the war. The same story says that the scientist led a U.S. team to some alleged precursors. So, we will be vindicated, or we won’t.

DIPLOMACY OR LACK THEREOF: “It seems like they’re beginning to get the message,” said Bush yesterday of Syria. He always puts things this way: we “expect” this will happen, etc. Always like a scolding parent.